Animal Tracks of Ontario (Animal Tracks Guides)

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A handy pocket-sized book that makes for the perfect outdoor companion. You'll find you can determine quickly and easily just what is making those tracks in the snow or mud of your backyard or when out in the woods. The book includes detailed drawings of the animals themselves, their front and back prints and strike patterns and concise descriptions. A perfect guide for teachers, parents, hikers and urban explorers.

New database to help mines track impact. : An article from: Northern Ontario Business

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New database to help mines track impact. : An article from: Northern Ontario Business
Ian Ross
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Northern Ontario Business, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2006. The length of the article is 728 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: New database to help mines track impact.
Author: Ian Ross
Publication: Northern Ontario Business (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 26 Issue: 3 Page: 25(1)

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White Angels: Beckham, the Real Madrid and the New Football
John Carlin
Manufacturer: Bloomsbury USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Release Date: 2004-10-21

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A look at soccer superstar David Beckham, the Real Madrid team he joined in 2003, and at how this combination has forever changed the face of the world's most popular sport.

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English is the most creative, changeable and imaginative of languages. Some words are invented to meet temporary needs and are quickly discarded; others carry meanings hundreds of years old. Language fascinates us, and we spend a lot of time playing with it, concocting everything from puns, riddles and secret languages to wonderful prose and poetry. We also worry about it a great deal, looking up and checking words in dictionaries and usage guides, occasionally arguing about definitions. This book celebrates our capacity to play with language, as well as examining the ways we use it: in slang and jargon, swearing, speaking the unspeakable, or concealing unpleasant or inconvenient facts. It is a book for browsing, for finding beguiling snippets about language, history and social customs, and for using as a formidable weapon in word games.

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Good layman's tour through linguistic territory.......2005-08-09

Burridge writes about linguistically interesting phenomena, but in a style that a layman reader can grasp without much difficulty. She packs each page with copius examples that run the gamut of our fascinating English language. As a linguistics instructor, I intend to hang on to this one for the clarity of its style and substance of content. As an American English speaker I also find her Australianisms very interesting!

Delightfully addictive.......2005-01-10

I had the pleasure of hearing Kate present many of her radio segments, which were always filled with intriguing snippets about the English language. Now she has made this information available to a wider public. Her writing style is very easy-going, and each chapter in the book can be dipped into individually. There were so many fascinating parts that it would be hard to single out my favourite, although the range of language used in St Valentine's Day messages was eye-opening and hilarious, and the way letters appear and disappear through the centuries was fascinating. I was taught very correct grammar and it was very interesting to discover that many of these "golden rules" have no basis for their adoption and in fact in some cases are totally wrong.
A delightful book from beginning to end.

Blooming English: Observations on the Roots, Cultivation and Hybrids of the English Language

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Blooming English: Observations on the Roots, Cultivation and Hybrids of the English Language
Kate Burridge
Manufacturer: ABC BOOKS
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OLKZAA

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Unusually good book on drawing comics

Drawing Action Comics: Easel-Does-It
Lee Townsend , and Colleen Doran
Manufacturer: Amazon Remainders Account
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Binding: Spiral-bound

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Unusually good book on drawing comics.......2005-05-27

This is the first book of it's type to give artists drawing assignments and explain what proper materials to use to get those professional looking lines. I like the photos that show you step by step to making special effects and textures with ink. Collen Doran, an independently published comics artist adds a few pieces of her own art in this book. At face value you may think it's a childrens book; however it's very helpful to anyone wanting to illustrate comic book art.

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Drawing Action Manga: Easel-Does-It
Keith Sparrow
Manufacturer: Collins Design
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0060847867
Release Date: 2006-01-31

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The popularity of Japanese comics ("manga") remains wildly popular, with more and more fans turning becoming interested in learning how to create manga's dynamic characters themselves.

Drawing Action Manga: Easel-Does-It combines easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions with the convenience of an easel format to provide the perfect package for anyone -- children and adults alike -- to learn how to draw in this dynamic, kinetic style.

Featuring a detailed list of the materials required to get started, Drawing Action Manga leads the reader through everything they need to know and then presents ten individual projects that progress in difficulty as you build your skills.

Whatever your age or skill level, from budding artist to polished professional, Drawing Action Manga: Easel-Does-It is the perfect guide to this exciting drawing style.

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Frustrating, Hard to Understand

horrifying

No pleasure read

A Good Dog: The Story of Orson, Who Changed My Life (Paperback)

IT'S JON KATZ THAT SHOULD BE PUT DOWN

A Good Dog: The Story of Orson, Who Changed My Life
Jon Katz
Manufacturer: Villard
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 140006189X
Release Date: 2006-09-26

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“People who love dogs often talk about a ‘lifetime’ dog. I’d heard the phrase a dozen times before I came to recognize its significance. Lifetime dogs are dogs we love in especially powerful, sometimes inexplicable ways.”–Jon Katz

In this gripping and deeply touching book, bestselling author Jon Katz tells the story of his lifetime dog, Orson: a beautiful border collie–intense, smart, crazy, and unforgettable.

From the moment Katz and Orson meet, when the dog springs from his traveling crate at Newark airport and panics the baggage claim area, their relationship is deep, stormy, and loving. At two years old, Katz’s new companion is a great herder of school buses, a scholar of refrigerators, but a dud at herding sheep. Everything Katz attempts– obedience training, herding instruction, a new name, acupuncture, herb and alternative therapies–helps a little but not enough, and not for long. “Like all border collies and many dogs,” Katz writes, “he needed work. I didn’t realize for some time I was the work Orson would find.”
While Katz is trying to help his dog, Orson is helping him, shepherding him toward a new life on a two-hundred-year-old hillside farm in upstate New York. There, aided by good neighbors and a tolerant wife, hip-deep in sheep, chickens, donkeys, and more dogs, the man and his canine companion explore meadows, woods, and even stars, wade through snow, bask by a roaring wood stove, and struggle to keep faith with each other. There, with deep love, each embraces his unfolding destiny.

A Good Dog is a book to savor. Just as Orson was the author’s lifetime dog, his story is a lifetime treasure–poignant, timeless, and powerful.

Customer Reviews:

Frustrating, Hard to Understand.......2007-10-10

The first few pages were great - a story about an intelligent dog with a mind of its own, out chasing school buses, corralling skate-boarders and others, and protected by an owner who had bonded with him. Orson also learned to open the refrigerator, eat whatever he wanted, and then hide the packaging.

But Orson didn't fit in with urban N.J., leading its owner to buy a small farm in N.Y. and get over his own "mid-life" crisis. Unfortunately, Orson became less and less predictable, and more and more likely to nip at people. So Katz (owner and author) took Orson to the vet ($1,000 worth of tests with no result, then to an animal talker, and finally a shaman. Some improvement came from acupuncture (Orson had been hit by a car during his early days in N.J.), but the biggest improvement came when Katz bought an ATV to help his own mobility limitations due to injured legs.

Sadly, though, Orson again starts nipping, and even draws blood in instances when there was no known reason for him to. Katz, worried about his liability, decides to have Orson put to sleep.

So was Katz really bonded to Orson, or just decide he was a nuisance? Why didn't he put the dog away when people were around, and/or put up "Beware of the Dog" signs?

Definitely not the happy man-dog story I was looking forward to!

horrifying.......2007-10-08

When I was given this book, I had no idea what it was about. Once I learned, I was almost sick to my stomach. Incredible to me that someone could write a "dog love story" that ends in the cruelest, most heartless betrayal imaginable. There is no justifying his action. Simply appalling. Be warned this book is no sweet story, but a frightening tale of justification.

No pleasure read.......2007-10-07

First I must say that many reviewers were too harsh on Katz. The problem was that Katz made a name for himself writing about dogs on his Bedlam Farm and one of the protagonists pays with his life in this book. Readers were expecting another easy read about happy dogs in New York.

Katz is not a dog expert nor a dog trainer. He simply is a good writer who writes about his dogs and his farm. His temperament is better suited for more docile breeds like retrievers and Labradors. A border collie and Katz are just a volatile mix. Collies need constant work and attention and are by nature restless. They need a steady job, they need constant life around them to be happy dogs.

Katz is a good writer and this book reads well. What bothered me were the last 30 pages; after the dog is euthenized it seemed the book lingered when it should have ended with Orson's last heartbeat. He spent the remaining pages defending his position to put his dog down. After hollistic treatments, visits to a shaman and accupuncture, he never once took the dog to a certified dog behaviorist? That seemed odd, and that is why I had little compassion for Katz. Orson deserved more.

Katz is of the belief that dogs must be trained, must not be dangerous and should not be treated as humans. If a dog bites or attacks, its fate is doomed. Many urbanites will agree with that. Orson was one such doomed canine, although I don't understand why he couldn't find a home for him (despite his feelings that he can't "recycle" pets with behaviorial problems) when there surely could have been people willing to take the dog in? With all his fame and website there were no takers? He put the dog down without telling anyone but his own veterinarian, and now he has to pay with his decision and spend more time explaining his decision. Had he been a true lover of Orson, he could have easily found a home for Orson that didn't have the stimuli that triggered his biting attacks. He needed a female to tend to his spirit. Instead Orson was paired with an impatient, demanding, overweight middle-aged man.

This was my first book by Katz and it will be my last. He can write all he wants to about dogs but the image I have is of his "good dog" Orson dying in his arms. Orson was a good dog. It was the owner who was bad and failed him. I don't understand how Amazon could recommend this book along with the more upbeat "Marley and Me" by John Grogan.

A Good Dog: The Story of Orson, Who Changed My Life (Paperback) .......2007-09-24

I live on a small hobby farm. I have 5 dogs, 4 horses and 1 cat to care for. I get up at 5AM to feed, muck out stalls, and take my dogs for a walk before going to a 37 1/2 hours a week job 24 1/2 miles from my home.
I know how much physical labor it takes to do all the routine tasks, let alone mend fences, pay veterinary bills, etc. I find myself to be a bit unsympathic to a person like Jon Katz who hires help whenever he needs it and who also seems to get rid of any animal on his farm who is more than he can handle emotionally and physically. Why not try harder to work with the more recalcitrant animals instead of shipping them off to another place or euthanizing them? Mr. Katz is correct in saying that most misbehavior on the part of our companion animals is a reflection of the confusion we send to our animals through conflicting or incorrect non-verbal signals.

IT'S JON KATZ THAT SHOULD BE PUT DOWN.......2007-09-18

A few problems with Jon Katz:
1. Puts an ultimate price on how much the life of the dog he supposedly loves is worth. Wouldn't spend the money to see if there was a physical reason for the biting.
2. Expends energy on trying to make this dog into what he thinks he should be. When this fails, at the first sign of real trouble, abandons this dog he supposedly loves and has him killed.
3. Professes to support responsible dog ownership, yet lets Orson be around people without warning signs, without being on a leash, without being in a muzzle near other people. If a child had been bitten it would have been Katz's fault.
4. Uses his shaman as a way to excuse himself from killing Orson because Orson is now "at peace". Of course he's at peace, he's dead.
5. Only buys from breeders - doesn't even attempt to adopt dogs from rescue organizations. Buying from breeders when there are plenty of pure breds in shelters and specific breed rescue organizations is inexcusable and irresponsible. The equivalent number of dogs he "purchased" were killed in shelters from lack of homes.
6. Doesn't want dogs in his life to honor them as individual beings and individual companions. He wants them to serve specific purposes in his life for his needs. The moment he gives up on making Orson into what he thought he should be, he kills him.
7. This man is selfish, and truly emotionally unprepared to fully commit to another being. He should have learned a ton about commitment from Orson - that one escaped him.
8. Orson changed his life? He returned the favor big time. Death is a major life change.

I love books - I shredded this one. Couldn't stand the thought of anyone else reading it.

A Good Dog the Story of Orson Who Changed My Life (Large Print Edition

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A Good Dog the Story of Orson Who Changed My Life (Large Print Edition
Jon Katz
Manufacturer: Doubleday & Company
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000V5ML92

A Good Dog: The Story of Orson, Who Changed My Life [UNABRIDGED] (Audio CD)

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A Good Dog: The Story of Orson, Who Changed My Life [UNABRIDGED] (Audio CD)
Jon Katz
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Fine American Furniture Stories.......2006-03-28

This book, now twenty years old, is a special volume in my library. Harold Sack regales us with fascinating stories from the early days of dealing and collecting in the 20th century. I think any student of the American decorative arts should add this volume to their collection!

American Treasure Hunt The Legacy of Israel Sack

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American Treasure Hunt The Legacy of Israel Sack
Max Wilk Sack Harold
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American treasure hunt; the legacy of Israel Sack.
Harold, with Max Wilk Sack
Manufacturer: Little Brown & Co (T)
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From the fresh green shoots of spring through the dramatic foliage of summer, the lush colors of autumn, and the pale, feathery maturity of winter, grasses add a special touch to the garden in every season. Native species of beautiful ornamental grasses flourish in almost every part of North America. Now these attractive, adaptable plants are making their way into yards and gardens across the continent. Ornamental grasses are easy to grow, and they provide year-round landscape interest. No wonder grasses have been enjoying a new popularity.The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses is a comprehensive, fully illustrated reference. An informative opening section describes and illustrates the different types of grasses and their habits. This section also provides a basic primer on gardening with ornamental grasses, including practical advice on selecting and buying plants; using them in the landscape; planting, maintaining, and propagating them; and fighting pests and diseases without harmful chemicals.The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses provides descriptions of over 250 grasses. For each major entry, the encyclopedia features a color photograph of the grass, plus a special information box that gives the grass's botanical and common names, hardiness zone, origin, and preferred sites. A comprehensive description follows, with information on the grass's physical characteristics (color, habit, height, and flowers), landscape uses (for example, as a border, in masses, as an accent, or for cutting), culture and propagation (its preferred conditions and propagation methods), and any potential pests or problems. Cultivars and varieties are listed as well.A special section of ornamental grass garden designs by well-known designers provides lots of ideas for using grasses in perennial borders, meadows, curbside plantings, and cutting gardens. A resource section lists suppliers of seeds, plants, and equipment, and a bibliography suggests where to find further information. An index of common and botanical names makes this book as easy to use as it is practical, informative, and beautiful.The most comprehensive reference available, The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses is destined to become a classic work on the subject-- a must for any serious gardener.

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an authorative compendium on a unique subject.......1999-01-22

Greenlee did his homework and that shows when you browse through this friendly, yet exhaustive and descriptive work. Ornamental grass is growing in popularity and this is a good reference book for the novice and professional alike.

Climate info, decent photography throughout and even a list of mail order suppliers make it a must have for a burgeoning landscape designer...

Only one thing missing.......1998-08-25

This is a great book with clear, concise information and photographs of grasses, sedges, rushes, etc., but there is one important thing missing: bamboo! I was disappointed to find that family missing completely, but very satisfied with the rest of the book.

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Healthy Escapes makes it easier than ever to plan the perfect spa vacation and is packed with information on accommodations, facilities, rates and special programs at 284 fascinating places to get away from it all. No matter what kind of an escape you're planning?from luxury pampering to weight management to fitness for kids?Healthy Escapes can reduce the stress of getting there. In this guide you'll find the very best selection of spas and fitness resorts in the U.S., Caribbean, and Mexico that aim to help you reach your potential and take control of your health.

Fodor's Healthy Escapes : 284 Resorts and Retreats Where You Can Get Fit, Feel Good, Find Yourself and Get Away from It All (Fodor's Healthy Escapes)

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Best spa book ever!!
Fodor's Healthy Escapes

Fodor's Healthy Escapes : 284 Resorts and Retreats Where You Can Get Fit, Feel Good, Find Yourself and Get Away from It All (Fodor's Healthy Escapes)
Mark Sullivan , and Fodors
Manufacturer: Fodor's
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0679005889
Release Date: 2001-01-09

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Does a trip to the Maruba Resort & Jungle Spa in Belize sound appealing? Or the Grand Lido Sans Souci in Jamaica? How about the Breitenbush Hot Springs Retreat in Oregon, known as the "Esalen of the Northwest," with reiki, Thai massage, herbal wraps, hydrotherapy, and craniosacral therapy available to soothe your soul? Fodor's Healthy Escapes, here in its sixth edition, is your ticket to feeling pampered, healthy, and fit. Spas across the U.S. and the Caribbean are profiled, including facilities, services available, accommodations, rates, descriptions of atmosphere and typical meals, and directions.

Not every spa is geared toward solipsistic luxury; many offer hard-core conditioning programs for athletes in training or nutritional and lifestyle counseling for those struggling with cardiac disease, obesity, or other serious conditions. To help you find the retreat that best meets your needs, the editors have therefore separated them into six classifications: luxury pampering, nutrition and diet, sports conditioning, holistic health, medical wellness, and mineral springs. While many of the spas profiled here are pricey, keeping with what you'd expect from a Fodor's guide, some are more low key, such as Maine's Northern Pines Health Resort, which starts at $115 per person. Maps to help you locate the spas come in handy. The glossary is an added bonus, with definitions of healing modalities you may never have heard of (such as panchakarma), massage techniques (including shiroabhyanganasya), and schools of fitness (the increasingly popular Pilates Method). --Erica Jorgensen

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Healthy Escapes makes it easier than ever to plan the perfect spa vacation and is packed with information on accommodations, facilities, rates and special programs at 248 fascinating places to get away from it all. No matter what kind of an escape you're planning -- from luxury pampering to weight management to fitness for kids -- Healthy Escapes can reduce the stress of getting there. In this guide you'll find the very best selection of spas and fitness resorts in the U.S., Caribbean, and Mexico that aim to help you reach your potential and take control of your health.

Each has a unique approach -- and Healthy Escapes tells you what to expect:

?Nutriton and diet

?Medical wellness

?Holistic health

?Sports conditioning

?Luxury pampering

?Mineral springs

Plus there's a special chapter on cruise-ship spas.

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Best spa book ever!!.......2001-07-28

I can't tell you how often I have used this book in the year I've owned it. It describes every major spa in the US and Mexico so well. The categories is uses to classify are great. I've sent copies to several friends so we can plan getaways together. Even if you just want to fantasize about going to a spa, it's a great reference.

Fodor's Healthy Escapes.......2000-07-19

I purchased this book based on previous experience with Fodor's books. The categories were helpful for a quick determination of the type of facility. The descriptions however seemed more like advertisements from the various facilities rather than informed experiences from the writers. The rates were not up to date and there are no web sites listed. Unbelievable for a travel book published in 2000!

Fodor's Healthy Escapes: 244 Resorts and Retreats Where You Can Get Fit, Feel Good, Find Yourself and Get Away from It All

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Fodor's Healthy Escapes: 244 Resorts and Retreats Where You Can Get Fit, Feel Good, Find Yourself and Get Away from It All
Bernard Burt
Manufacturer: Fodors Travel Pubns
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000UV1YB8

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Get in Where You Fit in
Emory Newkirk
Manufacturer: Authorhouse
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Healthy Escapes: 244 Resorts and Retreats Where You Can Get Fit, Feel Good, Find Yourself and Get Away From It All (Fodor's Healthy Escapes)

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Complete and well organized "healthy" vacation info

Healthy Escapes: 244 Resorts and Retreats Where You Can Get Fit, Feel Good, Find Yourself and Get Away From It All (Fodor's Healthy Escapes)
Fodor's
Manufacturer: Fodor's
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0679032290
Release Date: 1996-12-30

Book Description

·The most comprehensive, up-to-date guide on spas in North America and the Caribbean, with listings of 244 resorts and retreats where you can feel good, find yourself, get away from it all, and maybe even jump-start your fitness program.
· Packed with listings that make it easy for anyone to find the perfect spa (whether you want to focus on holistic health, spiritual awareness, or weight management).
·Highlights programs ranging from luxury pampering, life enhancement, nutrition and diet, and stress control to preventive medicine, sports conditioning, spas with great resort facilities, and more.
· Coverage of shipboard fitness programs and programs that stand out for senior citizens and kids.
·Each spa entry includes a comprehensive overview of the facility and its history as well as complete information about the accommodations, rates, and how to get there.
·Special directories cross-reference each location by name and by specialty

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Complete and well organized "healthy" vacation info.......1998-07-24

This was my first travel book. I wanted to find a vacation with structured outdoor activities where I could also keep up with my regular workout.

This book provides extensive information about many kinds of resorts and vacation programs. It is indexed by location as well as vacation/program type. It is very easy to compare one place to another. Each was described by a few free form paragraphs, followed by a list of specific info that was provided for every resort. Descriptions of the different programs were very useful. Pricing information seemed to be current (this year) and descriptions accurate when I contacted individual programs.

A minor detail, but this book is paperback, sized 5 by 9 inches. It was easy to carry around while I was deciding.

Some shortcomings are it has no photos - not one. It also doesn't list web sites, which many resorts now have. I used the book in conjunction with what I found on the web, so these inconveniences were minor.

This is a ! reference I will likely use for years to come.

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Fodor's Healthy Escapes: 244 Resorts and Retreats Where You Can Get Fit, Feel Good, Find Yourself and Get Away from It All
Bernard Burt
Manufacturer: Fodors Travel Pubns
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NY69N0

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